Is it permissible to purchase a pirated program of an old version if the original version is unavailable and does not fulfill the purpose, knowing that this program will be used to train people for money?
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The issue of purchasing copied software was previously discussed in no. 56048. The unavailability of the original program in the market does not change the ruling as long as its owners do not permit its copying.
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